Cherokee Gives Back is pleased to have received funding from the JM Kaplan Fund to establish an exciting initiative focusing on education and advocacy to inform and inspire the general public to utilize sustainable products and practices in daily living.

Speaking Tour

To launch the program in 2010, we sponsored a speaking tour featuring William McDonough, a world-renowned architect and designer specializing in sustainable building and design.  Click here to read Mr. McDonough’s full bio.

Topics included urban design, “ecological intelligence,” sustainable products and brownfield redevelopment, including Cradle to Cradle Design concepts as explained in the 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart.

Blog

The Cherokee Gives Back Blog includes posts on important environmental topics and highlights additional blogs to further inform and engage its readers.

Additional Resources

Select Tips for Sustainable Living

DSIRE: Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency: A comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Dictionary of Sustainable Management: An open dictionary to help people better understand how sustainability concepts are creating new understandings in the worlds of business, government and society.

Ecofabulous:  Both in its product recommendations and the sustainable experiences it creates, ecofabulous is a trusted guide and inside source for the well-lived life.

Cherokee MAP (Methods, Analysis, Process): Cherokee MAP is an effort to make available to the public the business model, standard operating guidelines and strategy Cherokee used to redevelop urban brownfield sites into mixed-use, transit oriented developments.

Grist: A Beacon in the Smog: Environmental news, commentary and advice.

Planetizen: Urban planning, design and development network.

Worldchanging: Covers the world’s most innovative solutions to the planet’s problems, and inspires readers around the world with stories of new tools, models and ideas for building a bright green future.

Universal Design & Green Home Survey Checklist: Design your home to be both livable and future-friendly. Includes many additional green home resources.